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Not injured, peacekeepers go away with the male detective

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I believe the answer is:

unscathed

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'not injured' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'peacekeepers go away with the male detective' is the wordplay.
'peacekeepers' becomes 'un'.
'go away' becomes 'scat' (informal term meaning to leave a place).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'the male' becomes 'he' (he refers to a man).
'detective' becomes 'd' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'un'+'scat'+'he'+'d'='UNSCATHED'

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(Other definitions for unscathed that I've seen before include "Not harmed or hurt in any way" , "Without suffering any injury, not harmed" , "suffering no harm" , "scot free" , "Unharmed, unhurt" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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